Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-31
IN HECAUSE OF IRELAND
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE Me-
BRAskA LEGISLATURE.

They are Called to Mr.. Gladstone and
Mr.. Parnell In England-NIr. Parnell
Sends Reply to Mr.. John Fitzgerald.
LINCOLN, Neb, March SO-The following
resolutions, moved by Mr.. Colby In the
senate and Mr.. Whitman in the house, were
unanimously passed by the legislature and
cabled to Mr.. Gladstone and Mr.. Parnell:
WHEREAS, The government Of Great
Britain, In defiance of the wishes OF the
Irish people and Of the expressed will Of the
people of Wales and Scotland, and Of the
democracy OF England, deny the Irish peo-
pie responsible government and now
threaten them with the infection Of laws
that will trainple on every portion of per-
,onal and constitutional liberty and must
only end in bloodshed, II not In the ruin Of
the Irish people.
ssWHEREAs, The Irish people have always
I been steadfast and faithful friends Of Ameri-
can liberty, fighting for its achievement and
lying for its preservation, and 30 bound up
with us by ties of blood and honorable MEM
Dries that our hearts are greatly moved by
their noble struggle for human freedom;
therefore,
/
| oolicy Of Lord Salisbury and his cabinet, as
| at variance with every principal Of constitu-
i tional law and Justice; as inhuman in con-
ception, and as tending not only to injure
the people of Ireland but to imperil the
safety OF the BIZ sh empire and estrange the
| good will and friendship Of the American
people, who can never sanction policy that
oonfiicts with Justice aud ihertv
-nEsoLvED, '--aat copies OF these resoiu-
| lions be cabled to Hon. Charles Stewart
Parnel and Hon William 4. Gladstone, in
,he house OF commons, London.
The following cablegram was received by
Hon John Fitzgerald, from Mr.. Parnell:
House OF COMMONS,
LONDON, March %. {
i Hon John Fitzgerald, Lincoln. NIB.
THE coercion bill proposed in the house
If commons is the eighty since
;he act of union eighty-seyen years ago. II
3 also the most stringent, tyrannical and
uncalied for by the state OF affairs in Ire
and. Never before has a coercion bill been
proposed when crime was so rapidly decreas-
ne as compared with previous years. The
. measure is aimed against all open agitation
and appears to be expressly designed for
IRVING. discontent beneath the surface 1t
olaces all public speakers, writer's and con-
iuctors of newspapers, absolutely at the
mercy of stipendiary magistrates holding
heir office at the pleasure Of the crown.
It condemns Tine Irish speaking peasant OF
cack-rented Kerry to the tender mercies Of a
packed jury of Orangemen or landlords, or
"a a Jury OF Englishmen at the old Bailey in
london. The Liberal party, headed by
Gladstone. stands as one man against this
niouitous measure, and will fight shoulder
% shoulder with US in opposing It to the
asst. Ii. seems impossible to believe that
! wen this present house OF commons will con-
inue to ft,Iiow the Tory government in the
mad cou. &, an good judges consider that
he moving VAL break and run the cabinet.
We must, however, prepare for the worst
And confidently appeal to the American
oeople for that sympathy and support, which
,hey have never withheld from people strug-
cling for liberty. FARNELL.
The following reply TO the foregoing has
oeen cabled:
4t,harles s. Parnell, House Of Commons. Lon
don:
Gable received. League will redouble
efforts. Ireland secure Of American sym
/ oathy and support in coming crisis. Ne
braska legislature to- lay by unanimous vote
passed resolutions sy.npathizlng with Ire
land and condemning Tory policy Of co
arcion. This and similar manifestation
, throughout this free country give the lie te
SANDERS Of English press that true Ameri
& .ans do not sympathize with Ireland. The
J great liberty-loving people OF the United
States are entirely in sympathy with Ire
lands struggle Tor Home Rule.
ssJoHN FITzGERALD, President !. n. "a !"